Lynne Thoman

Before I ask for the three takeaways you'd like to leave the audience with today, is there anything else you'd like to mention that you haven't already talked about? What should I have asked you, Wendy, that I have not?

Before I ask for the three takeaways you'd like to leave the audience with today, is there anything else you'd like to mention that you haven't already talked about? What should I have asked you, Wendy, that I have not?

I agree with you. What are the three takeaways you would like to leave the audience with today?

I agree with you. What are the three takeaways you would like to leave the audience with today?

Thank you, Wendy. Thank you for your service in government. And thank you for our conversation today. Take care. If you're enjoying the podcast, and I really hope you are, please review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps get the word out.

Thank you, Wendy. Thank you for your service in government. And thank you for our conversation today. Take care. If you're enjoying the podcast, and I really hope you are, please review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps get the word out.

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If you're interested, you can also sign up for the 3 Takeaways newsletter at 3takeaways.com, where you can also listen to previous episodes. You can also follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook. I'm Lynn Toman, and this is Three Takeaways. Thanks for listening.

We all spent hours watching movies and series on Netflix and Amazon and on TV. When filmmakers get it right, the stories and the characters resonate with us. People become emotionally engaged and we can even see the world in new ways. What makes a great film or episode and how can films help us see the world differently? Hi, everyone. I'm Lynne Thoman, and this is Three Takeaways.

We all spent hours watching movies and series on Netflix and Amazon and on TV. When filmmakers get it right, the stories and the characters resonate with us. People become emotionally engaged and we can even see the world in new ways. What makes a great film or episode and how can films help us see the world differently? Hi, everyone. I'm Lynne Thoman, and this is Three Takeaways.

On Three Takeaways, I talk with some of the world's best thinkers, business leaders, writers, politicians, newsmakers and scientists. Each episode ends with three key takeaways to help us understand the world and maybe even ourselves a little better. Today I'm excited to be with Neil Baer. Neil is one of the most successful writers and producers in Hollywood.

On Three Takeaways, I talk with some of the world's best thinkers, business leaders, writers, politicians, newsmakers and scientists. Each episode ends with three key takeaways to help us understand the world and maybe even ourselves a little better. Today I'm excited to be with Neil Baer. Neil is one of the most successful writers and producers in Hollywood.

He's worked on four hit shows that have aired for over 20 years and won multiple Emmys. Neil went to grad school in sociology and hated it. He also went to medical school. He randomly met the spouse of a friend who was a documentary filmmaker, and it changed his life. A director gave him a script that Michael Crichton had written.

He's worked on four hit shows that have aired for over 20 years and won multiple Emmys. Neil went to grad school in sociology and hated it. He also went to medical school. He randomly met the spouse of a friend who was a documentary filmmaker, and it changed his life. A director gave him a script that Michael Crichton had written.

The script captured doctors' lives in a way that had never been done before. Before, shows were always about the patients, and this script reversed it. Neil thought the script was outdated on the medical aspects, so the director said to him, fix it, and he did.

The script captured doctors' lives in a way that had never been done before. Before, shows were always about the patients, and this script reversed it. Neil thought the script was outdated on the medical aspects, so the director said to him, fix it, and he did.

Then he was asked to write episodes for the show, and the show became the hugely successful TV series ER about the lives and work of doctors and staff at a hospital in Chicago. At the time, Neil was a fourth-year medical student at Harvard Medical School with huge debt. And he went out to LA, and he loved it. He loved telling stories and working on ER with actors like George Clooney.

Then he was asked to write episodes for the show, and the show became the hugely successful TV series ER about the lives and work of doctors and staff at a hospital in Chicago. At the time, Neil was a fourth-year medical student at Harvard Medical School with huge debt. And he went out to LA, and he loved it. He loved telling stories and working on ER with actors like George Clooney.

He worked his way up from staff writer to story editor to producer to executive producer to showrunner of ER. And then after seven years at ER, he met Mariska Hargitay, who was the star of the show Law and Order Special Victims Unit. And he moved to Law and Order SVU. On SVU, he explored issues like teen access to abortion, guns, HIV, and euthanasia.

He worked his way up from staff writer to story editor to producer to executive producer to showrunner of ER. And then after seven years at ER, he met Mariska Hargitay, who was the star of the show Law and Order Special Victims Unit. And he moved to Law and Order SVU. On SVU, he explored issues like teen access to abortion, guns, HIV, and euthanasia.